Self-culture in Reading, Speaking, and Conversation: Designed for the Use of Schools, Colleges, and Home InstructionA. S. Barnes & Company, 1856 - 383 страница |
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... never be built . " ISAIAH 25 : 2 . Tschudi's Travels in Peru . On the coast in the Sierra , across the Cordilleras and the Andes . into the primeval Forests . By Dr. J. J. Vox TscutDI . Translated from the German by THOMASINA Ross . New ...
... never be built . " ISAIAH 25 : 2 . Tschudi's Travels in Peru . On the coast in the Sierra , across the Cordilleras and the Andes . into the primeval Forests . By Dr. J. J. Vox TscutDI . Translated from the German by THOMASINA Ross . New ...
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... 16 66 19 . 66 66 66 66 66 ILLUSTRATION . Was John thére ? —Nò . Neither John , nor Jámes , nor Joseph | was thère ? Ah , it was Jâmes that did it ! I never thought it could be you ! CONTENTS . I. Remarks on Reading , II . Elocution.
... 16 66 19 . 66 66 66 66 66 ILLUSTRATION . Was John thére ? —Nò . Neither John , nor Jámes , nor Joseph | was thère ? Ah , it was Jâmes that did it ! I never thought it could be you ! CONTENTS . I. Remarks on Reading , II . Elocution.
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... never thought it could be you ! The circumflex is rarely used except in irony , sneer , or taunt ; or to bring out more clearly the meaning of some passage where there is great brevity of language . From the examples given , it is clear ...
... never thought it could be you ! The circumflex is rarely used except in irony , sneer , or taunt ; or to bring out more clearly the meaning of some passage where there is great brevity of language . From the examples given , it is clear ...
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... LESSON V. EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE PUNCTUATION . A paragraph of several periods . — Truth is the basis of every virtue . It is the voice of reason . Let its pre- cepts be religiously obeyed . Never transgress its limits . 24 READING .
... LESSON V. EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE PUNCTUATION . A paragraph of several periods . — Truth is the basis of every virtue . It is the voice of reason . Let its pre- cepts be religiously obeyed . Never transgress its limits . 24 READING .
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... Never transgress its limits . Every deviation from truth is criminal . Abhor a false- hood . Let your words be ingenuous . Sincerity pos- sesses the most powerful charm . It acquires the vene- ration of mankind . Its path is security ...
... Never transgress its limits . Every deviation from truth is criminal . Abhor a false- hood . Let your words be ingenuous . Sincerity pos- sesses the most powerful charm . It acquires the vene- ration of mankind . Its path is security ...
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A. S. BARNES Academy accent acute accent adapted American Arithmetic beautiful better blessings cæsura called character chee Christian circumflex Colton course DAVIES Demosthenes Dictation Exercises earth elementary elocution Embraces emphasis English language example falling slide Faneuil Hall feel gentlemen gesture give graceful Grammar grave accent hand happy heart heaven honor hymns Iambs illustrated inflection instruction interest labor language LESSON liberty living look Lord Mathematics mind Natural Philosophy nature never Northend's o'er orator Parker's poetry practical present principles pronounced pupil reader rising slide schools sense soul sound speak speaker spirit Spondee student style syllable T-What teacher thee thing thou thought tion tone treatise Trochee truth Union utterance verse voice volume vowel WALTER COLTON whole Willard's words young youth
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